Dr. Dawn Obrecht is the only MD addiction medicine specialist on the western slope of Colorado. She is a Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine and her office is in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. She does consultations and referrals anywhere in the country and can be reached at 970-846-8479 or through .
Addiction Addiction is a bad disease. A really bad disease. Addiction is sneaky and patient; it waits for its victims and subtly takes control of their lives. An addict (an alcoholic is just an alcohol addict) is someone whose life is controlled by drugs, someone whose thinking is dominated by thoughts of drugs, thoughts of how and where to get more, thoughts of when to use and get high next. Most...... Similar Editorial : by Margaret Paul, Ph.D.. | Source : Addiction Counseling
Addictions: Changing The Drug Of Choice There are some addictions to switch to that are less deadly than others. If you must just change your "drug of choice," (instead of getting into recovery from all addictions), make it shopping, exercise, or food. Remember, none of them are problems in and of themselves, in fact, most of us do all of them regularly. It is when they become our reason for living, take over our lives, and...... Similar Editorial : by Annagail Lynes. | Source : Stop Addiction
Consequences Of Sleeping Around Does the idea make you uncomfortable, make you laugh, make you say you want to meet one? Find out what happens when you start to have multiple partners.... Similar Editorial : by billyou1232. | Source : Stop Addiction
The Pain Of Codependency: "addicted To Love" Ever have trouble letting go of a relationship? Obsessed with another person? Way too loyal, to the point where it hurts you and possibly others who care about you? Are others who are dependent on you, even your children, getting hurt because you are keeping yourself and them in a destructive, even dangerous relationship? Are your friends offering suggestions that you immediately reject? Or are...... Similar Editorial : by drnguyen. | Source : Stop Addiction
Is Everyone "addicted" To Something? Dictionary definitions of addiction include: "Compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance (heroin, nicotine, alcohol, etc.) characterized by tolerance and by well-defined physiological symptoms upon withdrawal"."Persistent compulsive use of a substance known by the user to be harmful". Addict: (n) "One who is addicted to a substance."...... Source : Stop Addiction
Recipe For Anorexia 1. Take one child and put her (rarely, but sometimes, a him) into an unpredictable family.2. Add an emotionally distant parental unit or two, and encourage them to be overly controlling. The child learns that she has no control over her life, her choices, and most of all over her parents. The parents may be overtly dysfunctional: raging, alcoholic, critical and unkind or abusive to each other and...... Similar Editorial : by kevinp. | Source : Anorexia Bulimia Statistics
